First Light Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 806406153RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($268,571) as filed with the CRA.
First Light Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $908K in revenue and $269K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 91% from donations. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $641.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 86% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 10 qualified donees totalling $267K in 2024, the largest being $100K to Windmill Microlending. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $282K in 2020 to $908K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $908K | $269K | — | — | $267K | $2.8M |
| 2023 | $1.3M | $852K | — | — | $847K | $2M |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $342K | — | — | $334K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $113K | $205K | — | — | $204K | $519K |
| 2020 | $282K | $768K | — | — | $767K | $611K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $267K to 10 qualified donees:
- Windmill Microlending$100K
- The Gairdner Foundation$26K
- The Glenn Gould Foundation/la Fondation Glenn Gould$25K
- Learning Disabilities Society of Greater Vancouver$25K
- Take a Hike Youth Mental Health Foundation$25K
- Junior Achievement of British Columbia$25K
- Vancouver Police Foundation$25K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$10K
- Rare Trait Hope Society$5,000
- The Board of Education of School District No. 39 (Vancouver)$1,000
Received $641 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Montalbano (director); Dana Montalbano (director); Susanna Darnel (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from First Light Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 806406153RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.